Autocrat
Sterling Davis | Poetry
The Generals fumble with their instruments.
You too, could be a tyrant’s girlfriend.
Blessed be stridulation!
A leaf might fling me
The dark wields its variegated rays of light.
The hyena proclaims its innocence.
Sterling Davis is a Black poet and screenwriter. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Nimrod, Notre Dame Review, Westwind: UCLA’s Journal of the Arts, Chiron Review, and other periodicals. Davis lives in Southern California. More information about his atelier can be viewed at www.thesterlingdavis.com.